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Jan 23, 2025 | 
imd.org | Alexander Fleischmann |Öykü Işık |Sarah Toms
According to the World Economic Forum, Generative AI (GenAI) will achieve near-universal integration in business in the coming 18 months, transforming operations and unlocking massive productivity gains that are set to add trillions of dollars to the global economy. Simply put, GenAI is a game-changer.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
imd.org | Sarah Toms
Ralph Haupter, President EMEA at Microsoft, is bullish about the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence. He emphasized how the technology has transitioned from a single purpose tool to a general-purpose tool, comparable to past game-changing inventions like electricity and the internet. Research by McKinsey suggests that generative AI could increase global corporate profits by $4.4 trillion annually.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
imd.org | Sarah Toms
Every dollar a company makes comes from a customer. All too often, however, companies have a product-first mindset and fail to put customers first. That needs to change, according to Peter Fader, Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
imd.org | Michael Wade |Michael Watkins |Richard Baldwin |Sarah Toms
Since its launch in late 2022, generative AI (GenAI) has often been seen as the ultimate solution for many challenges. However, this isn’t always the case. If GenAI is the hammer, not everything is a nail. To make informed decisions about when to use GenAI and when to rely on traditional AI or other digital tools, it’s crucial to understand the differences between these technologies and their respective strengths and limitations.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
imd.org | Richard Baldwin |Sarah Toms |Howard Yu |Jim Pulcrano
Generative AI tools promise to increase the productivity of white-collar workers. Along with more traditional AI and machine learning tools, today’s GenAI is already helping us with diagnoses, contracts, drafting, translations, transcriptions, and more. But what might its impact be on income inequality? It’s not what most people expect, in my view. And that’s a good thing.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
imd.org | Sarah Toms
We need more women with their hands on the keyboard. But how can we inspire young women and girls to embrace a traditionally male-dominated field? Recently, I had the opportunity to discuss how we can shape the future of gender diversity in the tech industry during “Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in the Tech Ecosystem”, an IMD Leading in Turbulent Times (LiTT) webinar.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
imd.org | Karl Schmedders |Raphaël Grieco |Sarah Toms |Shelley Zalis
As technology advances and industries transform, venture capitalists face a critical decision: should they cast a wide net, or home in on a niche? To guide investors through this choice, Evgenia Plotnikova, General Partner at Dawn Capital, has sat down with IMD’s venture asset management team. As the youngest woman in Europe to be internally promoted to GP, Evgenia leads the company’s B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) deals from early stage to pre-IPO.
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May 10, 2024 | 
imd.org | Sarah Toms |Howard Yu |Jim Pulcrano
A double-edged swordSuch caution is understandable. GenAI offers transformational opportunities: it can deliver a myriad of gains in productivity, creativity and innovation. But there are also real concerns. The mechanics of GenAI are yet to be fully understood and there is still a significant possibility of bias and error. These are dilemmas that IMD is grappling with.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
imd.org | Tomoko Yokoi |Alfredo De Massis |Michael Wade |Sarah Toms
While the hype around generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) shows little sign of abating, an undercurrent of negativity also appears to be gathering pace. Concerns around GenAI range from anxiety about high-profile hallucinations to complaints that the large language models (LLMs) it requires are built on the back of others’ work through plagiaristic training. And now the clamour is also growing about the environmental impact of GenAI – and artificial intelligence more broadly.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
imd.org | Adam Craker |Tomoko Yokoi |Michael Wade |Sarah Toms
Before the Indian government’s economic liberalization policies lit a fire under Bengaluru’s (Bangalore) incredible transformation into India’s “Silicon Valley”, it was a sleepy city favored by retirees. The ensuing IT and outsourcing revolution changed all that, and India – with Bengaluru at the forefront, rode the new tech wave to redefine itself as an economic powerhouse on the global stage.
